Food Safety Education | Red Sneakers For Food Allergy Awareness - Peoria Chapter

With food allergies on the rise, and a lack of support across the country, food allergy families Kevin/Lindsey Spangler and Chris/Megan Horan of Peoria, IL came together to start Allergy Awareness for Children Everywhere (AACE Peoria), a FARE-recognized food allergy support group. Their group's mission of providing lifesaving food allergy support, education, advocacy, and research to the community has led them to collaborate with Red Sneakers for Oakley (RSFO). RSFO's focus is saving lives through educating and advocating for individuals with food allergies. The similar missions and the desire to organize other fragmented groups across the country sparked the collaboration. The group centered in Peoria Heights, IL is the first Red Sneakers for Oakley Chapter in the country. ===================================== Current Efforts: *Food allergy awareness education and training: Food allergy training certified by FARECheck, ServSafe. CPR training certified by the American Heart Association. *Undesignated epinephrine and albuterol for schools, early learning centers, restaurants, entertainment venues first responders, and community entities. *Allergy friendly camps. *Annual food allergy community outreach and awareness events. Annual national outreach events. *Food allergy advocacy: Improving access to therapies; Food Allergy legislation; Allergy friendly menus; Allergy friendly zones at venues. *Connecting fragmented food allergy nonprofits across the country. *Support group *Allergy friendly food donations *Allergy friendly cooking utensils *Allergy friendly signs at parks and playgrounds *Allergy friendly book donations to early learning centers, schools, libraries, and healthcare facilities *Annual fundraising events.

05/19/2025